A 0.4 difference isn't anything at all..
It doesn't mean anything..
The Spurs aren't moving the ball more..the difference is that Manu is controlling the ball more and he's playing at an extremely high level..Ginobili's usage % during this stretch has been much higher than Parker's usage % has been all year..it's not a bad thing at all, but the ball movement hasn't changed, as the 0.4 shows..
OK, but you have no proof that there has been a change in ball movement, it's just perception..nothing backs it up..
It doesn't matter..your point is that the Spurs rely on the 3-ball more when Tony Parker is in the lineup, this is clearly not true..I've already proven you wrong..
There's nothing wrong with taking 3-pointers if they're open shots, and the Spurs usually do get open looks..
Link?..
The Spurs are one of the top teams in the NBA at moving the ball..the APG number is high despite the pace, the assisted %s number is high for the Spurs, the A/T ratio is high for the Spurs..
The ball movement is great on this team..
Jefferson's usage % was 16 earlier in the first few months of the season..I complained about that and I said he should get more touches..he did, his usage% went up to about 18, and he still wasn't producing..he was settling for jump shots more often and he wasn't making shots in general..the stats back this up..
His usage% is about the same right now, and his assisted% is only 1 or 2% higher than it was when Parker went out of the lineup..
The argument isn't whether it's better to play with Manu or Tony..I'm sure Manu is more fun and easier to play with..it doesn't matter though, Parker had little to do with RJ's struggles, and it's just a cop out IMO.. , Tony returned to the lineup and RJ still produced in these last 2 games..particularly in the game vs. Phoenix, where RJ received the ball and attacked the rim, getting multiple AND1 opportunities..
There's nothing that backs up the notion that Parker was the reason RJ struggled, nothing at all..
The Spurs defense is 2 points better with Parker on the floor..
If I'm going to do what you do and just talk without any proof, I'll tell you what most Spurs fans here noticed, which was George Hill getting torched on a nightly basis for most of the 16-game stretch without Parker..
Numbers don't lie in this case..
The only argument against Parker is that bringing him back will take touches away from Manu..that's not really what the OP is arguing though..I'm fine with Parker coming off the bench, I think he should..on the opposite side of the argument, you can say that Manu might wear down from having so much load, so having Parker back helps..
As for the argument that Parker's presence actually hurts the team, nothing backs that up, as I've shown..
The OP's post wasn't good, I don't know why some people think he made some good points..he didn't back anything up, he just spoke out of his ass..I could listen to it if he backed it up, but he didn't..
I could listen to it if his argument was simply that Parker takes away touches from Manu, so technically he could hurt the Spurs in that way, but that's not what he was saying either..
He's preaching about ball movement, but I've proven that nothing has changed significantly..the difference is that Manu is playing at an extremely high level..there's actually been more ball dominance in this stretch, like Parker dominated the ball last year..nobody complained about Parker doing it last year because he had to, just like nobody is complaining about Manu doing it this year, because we need him..
Spurs have improved because Manu is playing amazing, the D has improved(not because Parker is out, the Spurs D has played better with him in the lineup, as the stats show) and RJ is playing aggressively..
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That vid came up on the youtube menu after yours...I thought it was much more entertaining than either of us...as for my original vid I just wanted to share. You smarting?
